Lessons from expanded potential of embryonic stem cells: Moving toward totipotency

Embryonic stem cells possess fascinating capacity of self-renewal and developmental potential, leading to significant progress in understanding the molecular basis of pluripotency, disease modeling, and reprogramming technology. Recently, 2-cell–like embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and expanded potentia...

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Published inJournal of genetics and genomics Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 123 - 130
Main Authors Le, Rongrong, Huang, Yixin, Zhao, Anqi, Gao, Shaorong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Elsevier Ltd 20.03.2020
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2C-like ESC
EPSC
MERVL
Totipotency
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Totipotency
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EPSC
2C-like ESC
MERVL
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Summary:Embryonic stem cells possess fascinating capacity of self-renewal and developmental potential, leading to significant progress in understanding the molecular basis of pluripotency, disease modeling, and reprogramming technology. Recently, 2-cell–like embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and expanded potential stem cells or extended pluripotent stem cells (EPSCs) generated from early-cleavage embryos display some features of totipotent embryos. These cell lines provide valuable in vitro models to study underlying principles of totipotency, cell plasticity, and lineage segregation. In this review, we summarize the current progress in this filed and highlight the application potentials of these cells in the future.
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ISSN:1673-8527
DOI:10.1016/j.jgg.2020.02.003